Hey, @Anubhav Saini, thanks for reaching out! I’ll share with you my personal thoughts on this matter. They’re not necessarily the “right” or “only” way by any means, of course. They’re just how I currently believe things could be effective in terms of study. Before focusing on specific areas, I’d say there’s a broader range of base fundamentals we need to cover in order to get a solid foundation for comic art / illustration: 1) FUNDAMENTALS OF DRAWING AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION . Line . Shape and negative spaces . Spatial relationships (proportions / angles) . Value . Edge . Form . Perspective . Light and shadow . Texture . Composition . Shape design 2) THE HUMAN FIGURE . Gesture . Structure . Anatomy 3) DESIGN . General principles of design (contrast, balance, harmony, rhythm…) . Character design . Environment design . Prop design . Visual storytelling . Thumbnailing and creative exploration — After that, we could then focus on more specific areas or expand our artistic repertoire. These could be some of the possibilities: COMICS . Comics language/vocabulary . Cartooning . Sequential storytelling . Script writing / Script breakdown . Panel layout techniques . Specific drawing techniques for comics (line weight, high-contrast shading, texture stylization…) . Lettering . Clean-up / Inking COLOR . Color theory . Color harmonies REALISTIC PAINTING . Painting-specific techniques (brushwork, mixing paint, color blending…) . Properties of light . Light and color . Atmosphere . Lighting phenomenons (refraction, sub-surface scattering, translucency, reflectivity…) . Matte textures (wood, rock, fabric...) . Special surfaces (hair/fur, water, skin…) ART MATERIALS . Pencils . Watercolor . Gouache . Markers . Mixed-media . Digital painting PERSONAL STYLE . History of art / design / illustration / animation . Using reference and moodboards . Doing master studies . Selecting “art parents” . Sketchbook practices . Exploring what you wanna communicate with your art — And, of course, there could also be different subjects or categories we might wanna explore other than these ones I’ve mentioned (these are just what I’ve got off the top of my mind right now - and I hope I didn't miss anything important). I understand that all this might sound a bit overwhelming when put like that, as a sort of “loose curriculum” with so many different topics. But I’d say you don’t necessarily need to strictly follow such a list in order to develop yourself as an artist. There is no universal “formula” as to how your art skills should be cultivated. Since I’m sharing my personal point of view on this question, maybe I should also share a bit of my history: I’ve been drawing all my life, but I didn’t go to art school, so my training as an artist has been totally dependable on my constant will to freely practice and study on my own through online courses and books. And, just like me, there are many other artists out there with a similar history - perhaps you! If you are indeed anything alike, I believe the most useful skills you might wanna seek to grow for yourself in the long run are self-knowledge and self-awareness - that way, you can gradually learn how to “mentor yourself” and figure out how to direct your art journey as you wish. One strategy that has worked well for me is a cycle mix of: a) Following my intuition about what I wanna do with my art + b) Taking courses + c) Regularly doing some introspective analysis to assess my needs and decide my next steps. For example: back a few years, I already had some drawing background and I was very eager to study character design, so I took a course on it. Then, as I was doing character design exercises, I noticed gaps in my drawing fundamentals, so I decided to take an in-depth course on perspective after I was done with character design course. Meanwhile, I realized I also needed more knowledge on anatomy, so, as soon as I was done with the perspective course, I took Stan’s anatomy course here at Proko. At the same time, I also wanted to learn more about lighting, so I started a course on that topic too; but, halfway through, I felt it was becoming a bit too much for the cartoony kind of art I wanted to make, so I let go of that for a while and started doing personal creative projects to develop more of my own “voice” and put together a portfolio. After a few years, I figured it could be useful to study caricature; then, get a review on composition; then, back to personal projects; and so on. Finding what we need to focus on at each moment is not always easy, but as a regular exercise, I believe it’s totally worth our while because it grants us autonomy over our journey. As far as art is concerned, I believe each artist is often the best person to know what to focus on and what to do with their art. It’s good to keep in mind that, as you evolve as an artist (and as a person), your opinions, perceptions and strategies can change over time. Make sure to diligently follow all the way through the endeavors you start, but also be open to change your course whenever you truly feel it will be best for what you want. Hope this can answer your question and help clarify some of your doubts. If you’d like to discuss anything else on this matter, feel free to let me know. Best of luck!

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